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In mid-August, I spot an intriguing item in the newspaper: to supplement their incomes, dozens of farmers across the country are planting corn in the shape of mazes. It reminds me of my childhood in Ohio, when a big group of us would race through ...

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The co-author of Chasing Cool (and former DJ for Jennifer Lopez), Noah Kerner is CEO of Noise, a New York–based Gen-Y marketing agency.
“Companies like Netflix and YouTube have realized that in order to stand out, they need to cr...

See the 10 Great Places to Spend Christmas slideshow.
’Tis the season to start planning your holiday vacation. While this year’s shaky economy will force some to roast their chestnuts and stuff their stockings at home, others are already building...

What you pay for your hotel depends on when—and how—you book. We tested seven methods (from online travel agents and aggregators to the hotels’ own reservation channels) on five different U.S. hotels over a six-week period. The lessons learned? Al...

Distance: 30 miles northeast of BostonDriving Time: 45 minutes each way
The Appeal
Mention to friends in Boston that you're heading to "the Cape," and they'll immediately assume you're off to Cape Cod. But there's another cape in the state; a le...

For spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, and for plenty of other reasons—many of them man-made, thank you very much—the fantasy of a coast-to-coast road trip endures. Want to make it a reality?
From West to East (With Apologies to the Midwes...

See our slideshow of America’s Best Secret Neighborhoods.
“The suit-and-tie crowd has a little trouble here,” says David Bishop, owner of Atlanta’s 97 Estoria bar, “but everyone else has a blast.” The here Bishop is referring to is Cabbagetown, a...

Call it a coming-of-age: several leading children’s museums have recently expanded, all while serving as models of environmental stewardship. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the nation’s first for kids, sports a new canary-yellow, Rafael Viñoly–design...

Just where Concourse A meets Concourse B, or across from the W. H. Smith's at Terminal Z, a brilliant notion has taken flight: Why not give kids something to do, something to make their airport time constructive and fun?The indoor playgrounds crop...

At the Andaz Wall Street Farmers’ Market (open Saturdays through Nov. 20), shop from the same purveyors that supply the Andaz Wall Street hotel’s Wall & Water restaurant. Look for Catskills fudge and Hudson Valley chutneys. And check out the month...

I’ll wager you two bits your bartender’s wearing muttonchops and a waistcoat. If not you should ask for your money back, order your Sazerac elsewhere.
A decade into the 21st century, much of the populace seems to believe it’s the late 19th to mid...

See our slideshow of the 50 Best New U.S. Restaurants.
You know the American restaurant paradigm is shifting when communal benches become more desirable than leather banquettes. When humble kimchi is suddenly chic, and the words local and seasona...

City guides are a natural for the Web— how better to get good information fast?— and some smart money is betting on them. Microsoft has snapped up top editorial talent for its new Sidewalk sites (www.sidewalk.com): the one on Seattle is in full sw...